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18L2, Bouton's City Dispatch Post (New York City), 1848 2c Black on gray blue, margins large to close at top right, tied by red two-line "Paid Bouton" handstamp, red "New-York 5cts 20 May" handstamp to 1848 folded letter to Fall River, Massachusetts, very fine to-the-mails use (Scott $800) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:44 PM

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18L2, Bouton's City Dispatch Post (New York City), 1848 2c Black on gray blue, four large margins, tied by red two-line "Paid Bouton" handstamp to December 20, 1848 locally-addressed folded letter, matching "Bouton's City Dispatch Post" oval and straightline "Paid" handstamps, very fine stamp and cover, signed Sloane (Scott $800) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:44 PM

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22L1, Brady & Co., New York, NY, 1857 1c Red on yellow, full margins with portion of adjacent stamp at top, tied by blue framed "Paid" company handstamp to locally-addressed cover, matching "Brady & Co. City Despatch Post 97 Duane St." handstamp alongside, November 3, 1857 docketing at left, light toning mostly confined to reverse, very fine and attractive, one of just four recorded covers with the Brady & Co. adhesive, an extraordinary local post rarity (Scott $10,000)Provenance: John R. Boker, Jr. (Private transaction) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:45 PM

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Brady & Co. City Despatch Post, 97 Duane St. (New York City), blue oval datestamp with matching framed "Paid" on August 13, 1857 folded letter to local street address, letter written by Abner S. Brady (the proprietor of the post), light wrinkling, very fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:46 PM

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40L1, City Despatch Post (New York City), 1842 3c Black on grayish, four huge margins, tied by red octagon "Free" handstamp to folded letter to local street address, red "City Despatch Post June 22" datestamp, very fine stamp and cover (Scott $2,500) Provenance: William L. Moody (H.R. Harmer Sale 621, 1950) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:47 PM

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51L1, Cook's Dispatch (Baltimore, MD), 1853 (1c) Green on white, mostly large margins, grazing at top, tied by red straightline "I. Cook" handstamp to cover "from the Sheriff of Balt. County" to the "Clerk of Somerset County, Md", Cook's label ("Cook's Dispatch delivers Letters, Circulars and Funeral Notices &c within the City for 1 cent, prepaid") tied by "Baltimore Md. Mar 31" datestamp applied by an overzealous postal clerk, matching black "5" rate handstamp of Baltimore, few trivial age spots and wrinkles, otherwise very fine, one of just two genuine covers with a Cook's Dispatch adhesive and the only one with the stamp tied by a company handstamp, also the only cover with a Cook's Dispatch advertising label, in our opinion one of the greatest local covers in existence which has not been offered publicly since our sale of Y. Souren's collection in 1951 What little is known about Cook's Dispatch was recounted by Denwood Kelly in his Collectors Club Philatelist articles on Baltimore local posts in 1971 (Vol. 50, No. 4). The post was operated by an Isaac Cook, although Kelly did not believe this to be the Reverend Isaac P. Cook listed in directories of the time, but rather a son or other relative. The only contemporaneous reference to the post currently known is an advertisement in the 1853 Matchett's Baltimore Director. The post was evidently very short-lived, operating for just a few months in early 1853 before disappearing without a trace. The history of this particular cover is notable, as it was discovered by George B. Sloane among the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt's collection. In a December 16, 1945 Baltimore Sun article, Sloane states: Another nice piece which I turned up, mixed in with a mass of cheap material of little importance, in a box file, is one of the finest covers I have ever seen among the United States Locals. This was a splendid copy of the 1-cent green, Cook's Dispatch stamp, tied to the cover with a straight-line red handstamp, "I. Cook" (Isaac Cook), and at the opposite corner of the cover, a small advertising sticker of the post, beautifully tied (by a postal clerk's error) with a "Baltimore, Md." handstamp in black. I think, of all the material I saw in this collection, this was the one thing I'd love to own myself, if I could have exercised my choice. It is evident that President Roosevelt did not recognize the full significance of this cover, but in his auction the following year it realized an impressive $500. Five years later, when offered again by our firm as part of Y. Souren's collection, this cover sold for $420. To the best of our knowledge it has not been offered at public auction in the intervening 72 years. Provenance: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (H.R. Harmer Sale 299, 1946) Y. Souren (H.R. Harmer Sale 685, 1951) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:49 PM

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71L4, Glen Haven Daily Mail (Glen Haven, NY), 1854-58 1c Black on green, uncancelled at lower left of cover to Bonsack, Virginia, 3c Dull red (26, faults) tied by "Scott N.Y. Sep 28" datestamp, local stamp with small surface flakes and diagonal crease, fine appearance, although untied at least one other cover from this same correspondence has the local tied by the datestamp (Scott $1,000) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:49 PM

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Hanford's Pony Express Post 2 Cts (New York City), red handstamp on small cover to local street address, very fine, despite the name Hanford's never used horses to deliver their mail (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:51 PM

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88L2, Jefferson Market Post Office (New York City), 1850 (2c) Black on blue, single tied by straightline transit to March 8, 1851 folded letter from New York City to Heppenheim, Germany, April 1 Le Havre transit and April 5 Heppenheim arrival backstamp, very fine, one of just five recorded examples of the Jefferson Market Post Office stamp on blue (all on cover), only two of which are tied, with this additionally being the only example addressed to a foreign country, an extraordinary local post rarity that has not been offered publicly since the Caspary sale (where it was purchased by George B. Sloane)Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer Sale 1072, 1957)John R. Boker, Jr. (Private Transaction) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:53 PM

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89L1, Jenkins' Camden Dispatch (Camden, NJ), 1854 Black, tied by magenta manuscript to embossed ladies rebacked cover front to 20 Mile Strand, Ohio, 3c Dull red (11) tied by "Camden N.J. Sep 6" datestamp, signed Sloane (who believed it to be an 1854 use based on the shade of the 3c), 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,000 for full cover) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:54 PM

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96L1, (Wells) Letter Express, 1844 5c Black on pink, single with manuscript cancel on folded letter datelined "Cleveland Sept 6 1844", endorsed "Contract from Buffalo to N.Y., E.S. Beach + Co.", framed red "Boyd's City Express Post Sep 11 2o'c" handstamp for delivery within the city, vertical crease through adhesive, otherwise fine and attractive conjunctive use (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:55 PM

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96L1, (Wells) Letter Express, 1844 5c Black on pink, horizontal pair with manuscript cancel on folded lettersheet to New York City, used alongside Pomeroy's Letter Express 5c Black on yellow (117L1) also with pen cancel, July 24, 1844 docketing, very fine, a beautiful and rare conjunctive use between Wells and Pomeroy's, 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:56 PM

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96L3a, (Wells) Letter Express, 1844 10c Black on pink, Bisect, two bisected left halves, each tied by manuscript cancel to July 1844 folded letter to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, red straightline "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "Paid double", vertical filefolds, very fine and attractive use of two bisects to pay the double rate, "CEC" handstamp (C.E. Chapman), 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificateProvenance: Judge Robert S. Emerson (Private transaction) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 02:58 PM

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101L3, Magic Letter Express (Richmond, VA), 5c Black on brown, single tied by manuscript "Richmond July 10/65" cancel to cover to Staunton, Virginia, endorsed "Magic Express" at top left, extremely fine, one of just two examples of this stamp on cover (the other of which had a United States 3c stamp removed from on top of the local), one of the greatest local post rarities in existence, 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificateThe Magic Letter Express operated for a short time (approximately two months) immediately after the close of the Civil War. The post, which operated both within the city of Richmond and illegally between Virginian cities, produced 1c, 2c, and 5c stamps. All are exceedingly rare: the 1c is unique (on cover), the 1c manuscript uprated to 2c is unique (off cover), the 2c is unique (off cover), and just four examples of the 5c are known (two on covers, one on advertising broadside, one off cover). For the most complete history of Magic Letter Express to date, we refer you to R.A. Siegel's catalogue for the David Golden Collection (Sale 817, Part 3, page 292).Provenance: Henry Needham (Private transaction)John R. Boker, Jr. (Private transaction) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $27,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 03:01 PM

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117L5, Pomeroy's Letter Express, 1844 5c Red, margins large to full, neat pen cancel, used on August 15, 1844 folded letter from New York City to Rochester, New York, very fine and choice, 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,500) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 03:01 PM

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136L6, Swarts City Dispatch Post (New York City), 1849-53 (2c) Red on blue, four large margins, tied by black star, used alongside 3c Orange brown (10A) with both stamps tied by "New-York Aug 26" datestamp, addressed to Sherwood Corners, New York, very fine and attractive (Scott $850) Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer Sale 1072, 1957) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 03:02 PM

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136L13, Swarts' City Dispatch Post (New York City), 1849 2c Black on gray blue, Bouton's stamp with red manuscript "Swarts" at top, uncancelled, red "New-York 5cts 21 Feb" datestamp on 1849 folded letter to Troy, New York, fine and scarce with only about 10 examples of this stamp on cover (Scott $600) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 03:03 PM

Independent Carriers and Express Companies Western Expresses

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The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company San Francisco Cal May. 18, black oval handstamp on cover to Wilmington, Ohio, franked with 10c Green (35), black "Pony Express St. Joseph Jun 1" Running Pony handstamp, entered the mails with blue "Saint Joseph Mo. Jun 2 1860" datestamp, very fine and attractive, this cover was carried as part of the last eastbound Pony Express trip before depredations by the Paiute Indians in present day Nevada caused a disruption in service lasting from late May through late June, a rare combination of the San Francisco oval and St. Joseph Running Pony (FKW Census #E7) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $130,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 03:06 PM

19th Century General Issues 1857-60 Issue

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Pony Express San Francisco Nov 7, blue Running Pony handstamp ties 10c Green (35, also tied by blue grid) to cover to Glasgow, Scotland, second strike at bottom, hand-colored "Overland via Los Angeles" stagecoach directive (with "via Los Angeles" crossed out), black "The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, St. Joseph Mo. Nov 7" oval, entered the mails with blue "Saint Joseph Mo Nov 20" double circle datestamp, black "N. York Am. Pkt. Nov 24" debit, carried on NGL's Bremen departing New York November 24 and arriving Southampton December 6, treated fully unpaid and charged "1/-" due, vertical crease, otherwise very fine, a spectacular transatlantic Pony Express use (one of just five) and the only Pony Express cover to Scotland, also the only Pony Express cover with an "Overland via Los Angeles" directive, in our opinion one of the most significant and attractive of all Pony Express covers, 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate (FKW Census #E38) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Carriers’ and Local Stamps Local Stamps

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143L3, Wells, Fargo & Co., 1861 $1 Red, margins large to just in at left, tied by blue "Pony Express San Francisco Oct 2" Running Pony handstamp to 10c Green entire (U33) with red printed frank at top, entered the mails with "Atchison Kan Oct 16" double circle datestamp, addressed to New York City, small repairs along top edge, very fine and choice (FKW Census #E170) Provenance: Louis H. Barkhausen (H.R. Harmer Sale 966, 1955) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 03:07 PM